Bod-Inc: J-224
Josephus, Flavius
De bello judaico (ed. Bartholomaeus Platina?).
Analysis of Content
[a1r] Josephus, Flavius: De bello judaico. Incipit: ‘[Q]voniam bellvm quod cum populo Romano gessere iudei . . . [C]vm Potentes iudeorum inter se dissiderent . . .’ Explicit: que scripsi habuerim coniecturam. Edited or corrected by Bartholomaeus Platina, according to the colophon which states ‘Platyna emendavit'. See J‑218.
Imprint
Imprint: Rome: Arnoldus Pannartz, 25 Nov. 1475. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [a–c10 d8 e f10 g8 h–l10 m n6 o p10 q8 r–t10].
References
ISTC: ij00488000
Hain: H *9457;
Goff: Goff J‑488;
BMC: BMC IV 62;
Proctor: Pr 3532;
Others: BSB‑Ink I‑620; CIBN J‑312; Rhodes 1044; Sheppard 2817.
LCN: 14485373
Copies
Copy number: J-224(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century calf, gold-tooled spine, gilt-edged leaves, marbled pastedowns; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 320 × 224 × 33 mm.
Size of leaf: 312 × 216 mm.
Marginal notes, mainly extracting key words, in an early humanist hand. Running chapter numbers in the upper margin of the rectos.
On [a1r] a seven-line Italian epigraphic initial ‘Q' is supplied in gold within a full white-vine-stem border in gold, red, and green on a blue ground. Similar initials at the beginning of each book. Coat of arms within a wreath: on a fess azure, coticed or, three stars; in chief, a porcupine passant, and in base, bendy gules and sable(?); see Pächt and Alexander II, 110 no. pr. 74 (Venice).
Provenance: Purchased from Payne and Foss (1829) for £4. 4. 0: see Library Bills (1829-32), no. 93 and Books Purchased (1829), 11.
SHELFMARK: Auct. N inf. 2.23.
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